Since our first go-round of this blogathon, back in 2009, we've gone from one-in-eight Americans being hungry to one-in-six. Not a good trend.
In 2009, my state, Oregon, had the highest rate of childhood hunger of any in the US. They like to say that when you're at the bottom, there's nowhere to go but up. Unfortunately, that hasn't quite been true here.
And in fact, the title of this post itself isn't even accurate locally. In the US, 1 in 6 Americans do indeed face hunger. Here in Oregon, however, it's one in five.
This billboard is unfortunately no longer accurate for more than one reason, the least important of which being that we have a new governor...
Make that 86,000 hungry children. Just here in Oregon, alone.
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